week 5 Detailed assessment of energy efficiency

Wind Shadow Casting

winter.

Following that, between June and December, read the wind direction. The wind direction is frequently west-southwest until December, when it turns to southwest. In term of windrose is to get the information data of direction, velocity and frequency attached in gure 5.2.

Low Air Circulation

Fill the wind shadow by aligning the wind direction beside the building from side to side and using a tangent line as a reference to loop the tangent line to show the shadow.

The wind shadow is gathering data on low air circulation due to low wind pressure. Consideration wind shadow study in June dropped and faced towards east side as the wind direction comes from west-southwest.

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Summer wind

Winter wind

Shadow guideline

Wind Shadow

The A Building

Meanwhile, in December express the wind shadow up to the north side. However it might e ect the site alteration from the southeast site context which take into account the wind shadow lled the site directly wind direction from southwest.

Furthemore, the site in December recieved more low air circulation which might give opportunities as well as sensitives in term of land use and environment towards users. However the A building is protected from winter wind issued by the vegetation at the courtyard which bring the cold wind upward to the site.